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Milan, New York, Altona: Agnes Denes forest restoration
In a few weeks, students from Altona Primary School will plant 100 swamp she-oak, shoestring acacia and salt-tolerant, local provenance river red gums at a sewage treatment plant on Queens Drive, Altona. Their work represents the first steps in what … Continue reading
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How to make a forest
Artist Richard Thomas took this photo (above and the following two) almost 17 years ago at the sewage treatment plant on Queens Street, Altona. He was documenting the installation of Agnes Denes’ art work, ‘A Forest for Australia’, a sculpture … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnes Denes, Altona, Altona Treatment Plant, artists, City West Water, gardening, Hobsons Bay, land art, Melbourne, public art, Richard Thomas, trees
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